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TOY PISTOL. v I

July 17,1883.

No. 281,455. Patented FJ' J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. CLARK, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK T.FLETCHER, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 281,455, dated July1'7, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it. known that I, DAVID A. CLARK, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inToy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in which Figure l is a longitudinalsection, showing the parts in firing position. Fig. 2 is a similar View,showing the parts after firing. Fig. 3 is a front View. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail View; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 55, Fig. 4, showing the concussion-capreceiving chamber, with its sideopening.

My present invention relates to an improvement on the pistol for whichLetters Patent of the United States were issued to myself and assignee,Frank T. Fletcher, 13th of March, 1883, No. 273, 956 and this inventionconsists in points of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of the pistol, which issimilar to that shown and described in the patent mentioned.

B represents the plunger O, the hammer; D, i

the sear, and E the trigger. The trigger and sear are formed in onepiece, which is pivoted to the body at F. The hammer has notches G, withwhich the sear is made to engage by means of a spring, H, one end ofwhich bears against the under side of a projection, I, of the sear. Theother end of the spring H extends into the barrel of the pistol for thepurpose of holding the marble J in place before firing. This spring ispreferably secured in place by passing or being inserted in a serpentinegroove, K, in the body of the pistol, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thespring is thus securely held from any end movement, and its ends arefree to perform their respective duties, the construction being cheap,simple, and durable.

The plunger is formed of a plain piece of bent wire, which ishooked'over a horn, L, of the hammer, and has secured to its outer endsa disk, M, against which the marble rests before firing, as shown. Theplunger works through Application filed April 5, 1883. (N0 model.)

a slot or perforation in the breech of the pistol, and is thus guidedand held in its proper position. The hammer works in a vertical openingin the breech of the pistol, as shown.

The slot in which the plunger works is formed by ribs N in the verticalwalls of the opening in which the hammer works, the ribs being on thetwo parts of the body of the pistol, and

there being space enough between them (see Fig.5) for the passage of thehorn L as the hammer is cooked and the pistol fired. By having theplunger pass through the breech of the pistol a good guide is had, andthe barrel of the pistol can be made quite short.

0 represents the spring that surrounds the plunger and throws it forwardwhen the pistol is fired. I

1? represents a chamber having inner chamber, P, beneath the opening, toreceive and retain a concussion-cap, which is struck by the hammer whenthe pistol is fired. (See Fig. 2.) The opening Q to this chamber,through which the cap is inserted, is in the side, instead of on top, asusual, so that there is no danger of part of the cap flying and strikingthe person firing the pistol in the face.

I claim as my invention 1. In a toy pistol, the combination, with asear, hammer, plunger, and barrel, of the spring extending from the searthrough the bottom of the barrel, to hold a marble in firing positionand the sear in contact with the hammer, as set forth.

2. In a toy pistol, the combination of sear, hammer, plunger, barrelhaving serpentine grooves K, and spring extending from the sear throughsaid grooves, with the barrel to hold a marble in firing position andthe sear in contact with the hammer, as set forth.

3. In a toy pistol, the combination of scar, hammer, plunger, and barrelA, having hollow breech formed with horizontal guides N for the plungerwithin the breech, the plunger being engaged with a horn on the hammer,both in loading and firing positions of the parts, as set forth.

4. In a toy pistol, a body, A, having a breech formed with cap-opening Qat the side,

chamber P, and inner chamber, 1?, to retain E, having projection I, andspring H, extendthe (ap, in combination with suitable haming from theprojection through the bottom of mer, sear, and trigger, as set forth.the body to retain a marble, as set forth.

5. In a toy pistol, the combination of body DAVID A. CLARK. 5 A, plungerB, spring 0 around the plunger, XVitnesses:

hammer 0, having horn L, engaging plunger GEO. H. KNIGHT,

and notches G, combined sear and trigger D SAML. KNIGHT.

